Under a Jarvis Moon

On March 20, 1935, six young Kamehameha Schools graduates sailed from Honolulu
Harbor aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Itasca for destinations unknown. Carefully
recruited for their physical and mental fitness, they believed they would be
collecting specimens for Bishop Museum.

Instead, they found themselves on remote
desert islands in the middle of the Pacific, living for months at a time in total isolation. The ability of these young Hawaiian men, as "Americans," to
survive would eventually enable President Roosevelt to claim jurisdiction over
the islands of Jarvis, Baker, and Howland.

"Under A Jarvis Moon" was screened at Marks Garage to a standing-room only crowd in early January. It was later shown at the Atherton Halau Bishop Museum to more than 300 people.

A tribute to her grandfather George, Noelle Kahanu's discovery in the archives of the Bishop Museum of a story long forgotten is renewed in this film.